Alexander Shlemenko
| Alexander Shlemenko Александр Шлеменко |
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Alexander Shlemenko in December 2011, after his win against Vianna.
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| Born |
20 May 1984 Omsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Other names | Storm (Шторм), The Siberian Striker |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) |
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) |
| Division |
Middleweight (2004–present) Light Heavyweight (2014) |
| Reach | 71.0 in (180 cm) |
| Fighting out of |
Omsk, Siberia, Russia Lake Forest, California, United States |
| Team | RusFighters Sport Club (Saturn MMA team) Storm Fight School |
| Rank |
International Master of Sports in Hand-to-hand combat National Master of Sports in Army hand-to-hand fight (ARB) |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 64 |
| Wins | 54 |
| By knockout | 30 |
| By submission | 9 |
| By decision | 15 |
| Losses | 9 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| By submission | 4 |
| By decision | 4 |
| No contests | 1 |
| Other information | |
| University | Siberian Academy of Physical Culture |
| Spouse | Alena |
| Children | 1 |
| Notable students |
Alexander Sarnavskiy Andrey Koreshkov |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Alexander Pavlovich Shlemenko (Russian: Александр Павлович Шлеменко, born 20 May 1984) is a Russian mixed martial artist currently fighting in the Middleweight division for Bellator Fighting Championships. Alexander is an expert in hand-to-hand combat and traditional Kickboxing. He trains at the "Saturn Profi" sports club in Omsk, Russia, and holds a degree in Physical Culture (specialization - Combat Sports Trainer) at the Omsk State University. Shlemenko is ranked as the #8 Middleweight in the world by Fight!Magazine. According to the global-mma.com rankings, he is the number 6 ranked middleweight fighter in the world (outside of the UFC)
As a teenager, Alexander did skiing and Greco-Roman wrestling. At the age of 15, Shlemenko seriously started to train ARB, which is the Russian abbreviation for "army hand-to-hand combat". He competed in many regional and national tournaments in ARB, and got to the highest sport level by reaching the title of "master of sports".
After watching a professional pankration tournament, Shlemenko immediately wanted to try it out. Shortly after that, he made his professional MMA-debut in 2004 at the age of 20 in his hometown Omsk, winning by TKO. During the early stage of his professional MMA-career, Shlemenko competed in the IAFC (International Absolute Fighting Council). Fighting as usual multiple fights per night, Alexander won most of them by knockout, which can be seen in his record. In May 2005, after only one year of his professional MMA career, Shlemenko had an impressive 15-2 record, and was gaining more and more attention by the Russian fans and the media.
After the IAFC, Shlemenko fought in various organizations such as M-1 Mixfight and BodogFight. He competed in EliteXC before the company went defunct. Its assets have been acquired by Strikeforce, having made his successful U.S. debut on their 10 October 2008 ShoXC show on Showtime.
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